The next morning, September 8th, we walked over to the Victoria Falls National Park and did the length of the falls, from the Zimbabwe side. This is something you have to do if you're in the neighborhood, but we had just seen Iguazu Falls in Argentina, and no other falling waters can compare with that. Victoria Falls is large and close to 300 feet in its fall, but it basically goes into a long slit of a gorge, and it is difficult to get a fuller perspective. Nonetheless, when in Africa...
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| Baboons never very far away |
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Devil's Something (there's also a Horseshoe Fall); locally, it's Vic Falls; we
referred to it as Vicki Falls |
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| Pano |
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| "Dr. Livingston, I presume?" |
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| Another pano |
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| Vicki gives the warthog plenty of clearance |
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| Howard and Jenni didn't |
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Bridge, past the falls, to Zambia; or perhaps Nambia, as our esteemed President
says... |
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| On the Zambia side, these folk have paid $100 each to sit at the edge |
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| Natural selection in progress |
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| Keeping the trail clean, using branch brooms |
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| Final view |
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| Historical display |
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Back in Indiana Jones' time, the Solent Flying Boat would spirit you from
Southampton to Joburg in seven days; with stops in Augusta, Cairo, Luxor,
Khartoum, and Victoria Falls, etc. |
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Geological display; how a crack becomes a gorge: just add
water |
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| Outside the park, really nice handrail carving |
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| More interesting logistics; Celtic Zambia?! |
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On today's menu; click to enlarge and be
amazed |
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| Now go do that voodoo that kudu so well... |
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| Almost close to Zulu country |
